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. . I 4t n-: I t"mt j-A-rrrn atitiat.T GAR- board as well as education.! They rent- Colonel ot the Forty-second OhioRegl- berejhe Gjne'al. finds. a .recreation;-of '
it is an occasion the power vested m it by the Constitu- GEN'L. JAMES ADR All OAK- an old jua painted frame i ment by Gov. Dsnnisob, Aug. 14, IStil, which he never iires in directing the
W." P. CAN AD AY, Edr & PropV.
WILMINGTON X. C
Suxday Mcr kiko. J ose 20. 1880.
FOR
? PRESIDENT,
JAMES A. GARFIELD
of onio. -
r'tKer! to Fay tha
which renuhes all that broad and gen- tien, the people of he United States
erous equipoise, all that catholicity and will be able to infer what would be the
scop? of reasoning all the best, emo- debauchel character of our national
tious obtainiDg in the higher lealnis of law if they had full control of the na-
statesmansbip, all the discretion and
cool judgment, of waichthe candidate
has heretofore given evidence that he
was master, to go through the canvass
tion.
now
FOU VlCE-FRJlLHiNl,
CHESTER A. ARTHUR,
'tjttw YORK'.
buildingi near the academy, and began but it was not until Dec. 14, that orders
tO -worjt.j v.rarueiu .stuuicu. Aiaiu, uu wt tue uem wcfo'rswncu. j-uw
progressed rapidly. Hi3 heart was in ment wasthen ; sent to Catrettsburg,
his work, and he distanced many com- Ky., and Col. Garfield was Ordered to
petitors who had enjoyed far i better ad-; report to Gen. Buell in. person. That
vantages' than himself. He .worked officer assiirned him to the command of
Senator Hli Services on the Battle I mnrninrs. evening and Saturdays, in the Seventeenth Brigade, and ordered
THk DOMINATIONS a re i Field His Congressional Kecord. tne carpenters' shops of Chester, and him to drive the rebel forcesunder Hum
1 KECEIVJSt. v. . Msjor-General James Abram Gar- thus managed to earn his living while phrey Marshall out of thefcahdy Valley,
Senator Conkliri arrived in Wash- Aw led to lead the prosecuting studies Whence EJ.m
intrton vPRtpHavPVPninund rpiriatered - ------r-- summer; vaeatiou came, us uiikcu preparing 10 aavauce ou iuc cuci vcit
UJS7HeStdtb Republican parly in the coming na- stfeadny and thus created a fund to Tion at Bowling Green, but until Mar,
miih fatirrttaA Tn nAnvaraat nn ha L1002 UDlDUCa. IS B1UU WU uiJ IiaYi U1S IIU1WUU 1UI fcUC vu. i suau nU UCCll UUVBU uaiu. o--"
uiuvu tatitucui t xu wuBioaviu v l a . - I " - ,i . . . , - . j . i . ii ; I , . . ... - - 4
OWn I H'C cuu Ui vino uc litiii jaiu-wu v.xuwvu-. auTaukc nvum ud nuuo, uv-.
knowledge to .warrant him in teacning ually impossible.; 1 he unineu oioaei
a district scliooi, ana tnus, ny teacomg ot tno raw U orty-secona vmo .unqer
1 lie Cboicn nf Mie Chicaso : Conven
tion for the Presidency Ilia Early
Straggles With Poverty Canal
Boatman, School Teacher and State
successfully. Grant that there is a
dominating unity of pinion in the Re
publican party, grant that there is a
(imur imnnsinn- rravitv in tba cardinal I sflirt hp still h tnrht ftrant the. ift trnnrPRt I trtiW he, Ralil t have rarved his
doctrines which hae inspired their ac- and best candidate the Republican pathway, unaided and alone, from the koowH
tion heretofore, grant that there is a iu.tuxX L VJ W lowest rank in life to the proudest posi- in summerand workioff hard evenings, took this task, and on his success dhe
proftundly patriotic sentiment in the fi t the best Dosaihle candidate that tion to which an Aoierican citizen can he not 'only mangd to pay the ex- whole army of the department : depend-
party more poweriui man gruages ana COuld have ben selected. .Victory was aspire. He is not yet 4U years oi age, pviisea
of his
own
'the Hon. Lyman Trumbull late U.
i: coMr frrm Illinois and then a
Republican, is now
candidate for Governor of Illiaois. This
venerable old gentleman never is sd
happy as wherf he is in a minority, for
then he, can grumble as much as he
pieascs. ; -r '
animosities, and till we cannot dis-
iruise tha fact that Dotent worda of
0 ,
nacification are demanded from the
i ho Drmocratic highest influences in the organization.
- A good deal ot the character o; me
canvass will depend upon Ihe course of
our Democratic opponents. Isotwith-
hi
II is another Hiram
At the great meeting at Cooper Iu
Htitute the other evening, Judge Tour
gee, the now famous author oi "The
Fool's Errand," is reported to have
said, "thcparty must not be too sure
that it wfil not again face a solid south.
It is just as easy to put graveyards into
a census as into the ballot lox, an
when you read the census you will find
the south wonderfully populous. South-
erp Democrats will not lose their grip
assured by the nomination. He pre
dieted New York's giving a Republican
msjonty in November of at least 00,000
over a united Democracy. He. how-
ever, was connaent mat unaer no cir-1 aavance men ny men.
cumstances-would the Democratic' fac
tions in that state unite. i
From Chicago to Cleveland by rail-
standing the collossal reputation which road, Gen. Garfield's journey was one
Gen. Garfield has achieved as a states- ""S. emuumasuu rccepnyu
man rpallv nationaland natriotic. there nearly every station there were signs of
seems to be a disposition among our op- welcome Flags were displayed, bands Qen Garfield is the only lUe c f his
ponents to give him no credit fr the musc piayeo and cannon orore lorin femily who ba9 rbrn aboTe quiet me-
estimable qualities which his career has meirsaiuies. diocrity, but he has raised 1 the family
academy, but to lay
education at the
by a. fund to pay
ed. Marshall had under his command
nearly 5,000 men and to attack him
and more than half of his life wasspeut f " - r- whicb Tw w fouTrimenUof in-
in a courageous struggle to gain an ea- "wa8 uovf determined to enter. In 1851 fantry and eight companies of cavalry.
ucation, with povery cmitesting lii he leftvtue academy j and went to tne The rebels were stationed .at the Vii-
a liclectic Institute, wnere ne laireof Faintville.Cu miles up tne sanay
nut Marsnau nearins oi iue
-I -v J. ! n .-in A t.i nrnosnhfll V ia at II Spa I T lnwr I ' l-vti
ni g trap 0. In 1854t Mf. Gartield, then a man of advance of Garfield, fell back to Pres-
this Republic '.to seek for .her rurs 23 concluded, that he knew tonbure, leaving a small body of cav-
among those who come from the most enough to pass examination fox admi3- ary near its old position to protect his.
field 'work and making improvements
in the buildings, fences, and- orchard.-1.
He has never forgotten the lesson
learned when he- made his living by
farminir, and he is as genial and hearty
a-friend to tLe farmers who surround
him as to the magnates who ourt ,ni-
society in Washington. He spraog frm
the people, and he is emphatically oneV
of the people. ,
Cincinnati, June 8.Tbe statement
is made in certain quarters that Geol ,
Garfield's record on ihe tariff , question
will injure him in the campaign: . Cer
tain charges of this nature which were
circulated' at the firae of his nominal ioti ;
for United States Senator were-met by
him in the following, written to a nieiii
ber of the Ohio Senate: . . f "
; WIasuixgton, D. C, Dec. 1879.
Dear Sir:' Yours of the 12th. inst ,
iuclosing a slip from the Columbus
Dispatch, is received. The writer of v
that article is either stupidly ignorant "
or a villful falsifier. I have voted' for
every Republican Tariff bill which h-s '
piissed t he" House since I have been a
member ot it. have made at least
humble classes of her citizens, and to sion to college, and; the only drawnack trains. Un the yth;ot January, icsoj, kfur elaborate, speeches -an the tariff
Boi-trpH hnnw in thejway now was tne money to pay tjol. liarneid. advanced on jiarsnan s gjQce j
honor those who have deseri
by a noble bearing in the battle of life.
developed, but to commence a sort of
mud-throwing process which will dis
tort the canvass into disgusting dirti
ness. There are some politicians whose
natural food is political filth. Thero is
an attractivness to a certain a class of President; solid for the carpenter Presi-
nnTiHr.Vn in Rpandat-mnnrW that dent; the true favorke son of the Union.
have ..been in Congress, besides
for his course. During n is live years new position, and his troops were rap- numerous stiort speeches', in debates.
f study and work, be had established J idly pushing forward in the fast gather- My first lull speech ou the subject was
a fund for this purpose, but with all nil 1 iog darkness, when Marshall abandoned in jg tije 8eCond in 1870, and the
have been
-past as the
v-v . . i m ' t u nn own i nrtn rnri nr. i o rc ma ii im n i. i m a a, r until ha n o ri ru rB rifi i i i l r a i ii ..ui; MA H ... - ii. ;
un arriving at Uleveland there was a b . i-tent fiehtj sjrainet all AT'a 1 Ttl" rni-Z
salute of 100 guns, a general turnout of u,' JMstU ,.U ri " f?Ju$L Ta: ecVanu every xwepuuiican meiuuec
i , . , , . , , vwioww, nuivu muo vwjiu.u . i lor mm ii iputniiY" wi huumij " mo iijiug cucuujr tuo ucA.tr uoj , qi me nouse Knows my position,' ana,
uarneid cmos ot tne city, ana sucn g t f h:A political enemie?; persistency' ot purpose, which now some prisoners were taiien, bat the a3 I believe, approves ir. -In 1868, I
diouoh on iransparancies as: javj s
Senator, Ohio's Mpior-General, Ohic
10 s
Gen. Jtames Al Garfield jwas born in
iuv viipk w v"fa. , -w-j-"Bv. v... , -0 ag secu
ty, unio, aoout iz rones irom jieve- which the
land, Nov. 19, 1831. His parents were and robust
17 ' . - - I " ! - I - - I
stood bim in good tead. A gentleman rebels! had too .long a start, and uoi. made a speech in favor of the4 resump-
agreed to advance lnai the money, taK- Garfield finally gave over the pursuit. tjon - specie payments, in which I
nty a ine insurance puuujr, xnis opsration in me canuy vancjr discussed-eUborateyr the doctrines of
young man being , neauny was C"nducted with such energy anu m011ev, and theoblreation of the nation:
found ho drfhculty in secur- stiM a8 to receive the special commen- tft n:lv ;ta tiPht. The Spcretarv of 'tha
is so overwhelmine thnt they can see H, who at tfae age of 16 steered a canal- both of N6 England extraction. His ing. i Pecuniary dilhculties being thus dation of the, commanding general ?na a reasury ser,tome copies of that speech
r I .. . .. .. . t hnnfwi RtPPrihP shin nfttp at nO" - .. , . , I . . -disndsed of. . he wan ready to sian.-auu, tne covernment. and uoi. uarrj
it they can help it. We don't do things nothing esumame m an v-oppontm, ---r - - v i latner, Awanim uarnciq, was oorn m afler! canvassing the merits of several mkde urtfadier-General in a
by halves in the south.
There is avouch of the heraldic sug'
gested by the death of ex-Senator
James .A. Bayard of Delaware. He
was the son of that James A. Bayard,
who resigned from Congress to be Min- caQ; discover some disreputable al-
ister to trance, ana irom me senate. an iPvatinn fljrainst fl onnosine candidate
Mi, to fill important diplomatic posi- can hflVft lhf,ir fin of slantr and scandal
and adopt any language that is not
that of a black-guard. It is a game
that two can play at, especially if cer
tain persons who have aspirations, are
nominated at Cincinnati. These peo
ple who-are never so happy as when
riiela vvas to our Ministers in London, believing
1 k Ilf I AT l.w i " i. m I
On thp ,,PTt dv K xcslh Prnrpd to . ' . ,r , , .. a11" cauvassiu i c .uw. maue, ngAu vi-ww ,uial lt wouiu sirengmen our (creau
. ; ... r ; .. " utsego county,. jm. i., out nis iamuy c,0Uefees,.he settled upon Williams, at edeemeut of his services. - ua-nis ar- abroad. John Bright received a copy,
Williamstowp, in Massachusetts, and ('rival ! at Louisville,, the Army . ot the auj 'wa3 so pleased with it Ihat'jhe lhad
tions, His mother's maiden name was ;-"UA : Tn Ui"i"ca, UI".
Elizi Ballou. and she was a niece of r rwrw f.urf,lt ;llfo , P Kocietv of Tiin.. fiQ nfioiri wtPnoH nt'fpr
nnlishpri vounir students, who looked it. assumed command of the Twentieth
Lmewhat contemptuously on the rough Brigade, and reached the field of l'itts-
western farmer aid carpenler who had burg1 Landing on the. second day of the
dropped among tliein. His experience battle, partici patios: in its clo-sing
in a social point of view was far from scenes. The next day he moved with
Hons abroad. jHe was a Senator from
1851 to 1864, and then
term, and warn a long tim
he committee on Jud
e was succeeded by his son, the pres
ent fhos. F. Bayard, and subsequently
having bees appointed to fill out the
vacancy occasioned by the death of
Senator Riddle, he was in the Senate as
the colleague o.f hisson,, both frm the
same state. It is' the only instance
where a father and son both sat as col
leagu.es from the,.same state. AuguSwU
C. Dodge of Iowa, however, was a Sen
ator from 1818 to 1855, and at the same
time his son Henry Dydge, was a Seu-
at r fnntt : '.VV,is'Cftiij!ir, - from 1848 to
'1857. " Tr-eYe have" been four I3ayard
i - ,
in - 'ie Senate frojtu Delaware. and thrte
Frelinghuyseus jand three 'IStotlfcrons
from iuw Jeiyey, in lineal ..descent. '
x' That brilliant foreseer. of natural oc
curences, such as tidal waves, tremendf
y ous cyclones, '-uormou3 droughts and
the like, il'rof. John H. Tice of St.
. Lo lis, Hr-nouiiees that tornadoes have
a great effectiou for metals. Anything
m ie of iron, liu, ziae or copper, is thie
natural haunt of t hese devastating tpr
nad left, and they '-.viill.. go right by a
shingled or slated ro6f and rerriorseless
. ly lift eff and bear away the first tin
roof they see. They especially revel in
g is works. They like railroads too.be-
cause they are'Iargely iron, and-, also
machine shops, saw mills and 'cotton
miils. They swoop from one stream or
lake to another, and take great delight
in. water-fpouts. I,t strikes one that
soin? of this information has not been
new for several centuries, duringwhich
com mm men have observed that thunder-storms
followed streams and hover
ed ovar wet land, and lightning wasin
the habit of striking stray pieces of
iron. It is, ratherour opinion that mere
wind fancies the pine barrens and the
if they desire it. For ourselves we pre-
the Hiram Institute, several miles dis
tant, where he fitted for college, and of
which he was" afterwards the head,
where he presided atthe anniversary.
; The Union League Club at New
York held a meeting and endorsed the
nomination of Gen. Garfield and Gen.
Arthur, and the action at Chicago gen
erally. Congratulations, celebrations,
the Rev. Hoiea Ballou, a noted Univer-
salist clergyman of .New Hampshire, in
which stiite she was born. James was
the youngest ef four sons, and his father
died in 1833. when the future General
pleasant, and he) wasr the subject of J Sherman's advance, and had a sharp
was scarcely 2 years oic leaving his many rude remarks 1 and much ruder encounter with the enemy's rear guard
lew mues . oevona vue uuiup nciu.
brigade bore. its full share in .tne
ious seise operations before Corinth,
I iToo aninnrr ttio on rllPaf. ill prifprinf'
. - . , . f .. ... i r i, i '. icoa v vLivy j.nvM - - -- r i auu. nao auiuut vuy - - - o
iuu pcuuic aim ujuat uin.iauu iwu.kko . . . f T,mp nhpr ted his ppp ved he ano led himselt ifinergeu- thp abandaned town alter Uen. LSeaure
in honor of te event. .L.. i..M w':k u Vicallv to his studies, and in 1S5G, two rftrd evacuation.
is atl mission, ne was grau- jj.13 old malady, lever and ague, con-
nnmindtino nhwvs. Th RVv im- , . t . - .. UalCO, Oesrillg Oil Ul x,xCltf FiV o vai
J ciinnnr hcrap f anil thp Isimi V Oil tne r k . ......:.L
" w J . " I I1I1I1 T I I Llil . tTIIIU JO I HI.V.VUI
w nnnlhar I . " ' I 1 . C l! JIll:tt . : U: I
. iui o""' I r,. iu;n i.A onotoh iv n ciuniitauuus auu uiuutauuBB mo uciuE 1 :u j j 4. ii a trwaimcn . 119 uau cuuie iu iiuaius,
,1 ici 'ewuicbuiuK iiiiu iiDMvviBuiiij 1 r 1 1.11 1 111 rr li uruciiucuii ovj.cit vu vucii i- , r . . i
e chirnan of . - , - , . lhe held all over the United State., and in I (W M .,,,! J . m, onxver, iur a purpose, ana u.a pur- Hh
iciaty. In 1869 ., . and con"ieuce ol lhe ttt. great citiea mimmoth gathering, of " 71 sNnd it f "fj?,' ' A" . .l.S !5
I ti ti - .. . i
American people.
In conclusion, we take the opportun
ity to sav some pleasant things of Gen.
Oarfield. Tt ia ho common American nomination, but says: lhe sKy im
that has been picked up by accident, mediately overhead is clear now; the IUtl( fj
and made a figure-head for this occa- tnunaer oi cannon siiases me iana inio
t. throbs-ot excitement: but there are
S1UU. XU IS U CILJiCli WUV ia A U fK- 1
npntr.ithP W tvnp of Americana, lit clouds m the horizon, and there is an
is somebody that we can support with
ominous murmer behind them.'. There
rm ie.t hy her nusoano, ana Williams as among me uigue&i ..wiwiu
James, from his earliest years, was me gut oi me u si uiiou t nicuu
obliged to aid to the extent of his abll
ity iu the general work about h3 home
Cobden Club." I had never -before
.heard of this club, and up to that time
(JharleS Sumner was the only member :
ot Cougress who had ever been thus
complimented, bome years alter that,
I learned that the Cobden Club believed
iu free trade, as nearly all Englishmen
do. tut, of course, I was in no way re
spous bte for the belief. This matter
had been lepeatedly explained in the
iron districts, and it i3 fully understood
byour leading iron' men. I represent
one of the heaviest iron districts in;
Ohio, and in Mahoning county, where ,
the largest mills and furnaces are .situ
ated. 1 ran ahead of the state and
rsical traded in the days of his tow-path ser- county ticket fast vear, and I have the
ed at vice, was aggravated in the malanouH SUpp0rt of almost every intelligent
climate of the south', and Geu". Carheld
was sent home on sick leave about the
This wafe ample re- ist,f of 1 August. 1"8G2. refnainiuir until
" 1 co'mnense for all the slights which he Januarv. 1863. when he was ordered to
I had endured while struggling for the join Gen. Rosecraos as Chief of Staff
i. . r i . . .
at loir members.
.bat ardor, 8elf-aiifaction and pride may be work of a character not accom
due to a great national servant and
lender, at the same time. Any one who
has; watched his DubIic career and ob
served hif bearing either in triumph or
defeat, cither in the pride and pomp of
powerful majoritieg,or in the embarrass
ments ol'popeless minoritfes.cannot fail
to have sen that there is something
regal in his tread which befits a great
popular leader aye, the Chief Magis-;
trateol a great people. We believe him
to be a candidate,, wfaojf elected, a3 we
conndentlv believe he will' be. wiirT
guard the interests of this people with a
tried experience and a sacre'dness . of
conscience, worthy of our most illustr i
eus Presidents.
plished by cheering alone ere a twelve
month has ppssed. If so, let us hope
that -the simple citizen :yvho yesterday
felt the blow of a Nation he had saved
will be at hand once more to aid us
with his counsels and his heroism."
One of tie correfpondents of the New
York Times, sent to Chicago to observe
the situation says:
Journeying from Chicago to this city
But he liked work, and it. was said of high priz?
him when a boy that there was "not a Garfieid was-how 25 years ol agp, atfd
lazy hair in his head." He was a poor had, as the result ol his 20years' labor,
boy, and saw no means
of mating a ? f"',""
He had no tune lor leisure.
living but by manual labor, and ne ap- He h d tilKCj for ieisuro. , His busi-
plied nimself to learn the trade of a Ue?s no.v w. s to find something to do,
carpenter. During the summer months and free hiiiiselH'rom debt. Belore gcr
. w J 1 -..-' i .1 1
he toiled early and late on his mother'
farm, and thj; winter days he passed atj
his carpeutei' bench, doing such little-
jobs of; simple workmanship . as the
neignoors riquireo. ; xiere was a vi
In this position he remaiued until hi
military career! closed, i rom the day
of his appointment he became the inti
mate associate and confidential adviser
of nis chief, and bore a promineut part
inlall the campaigns in Miudie len
nessee in the sprina and summer of.
1863. His last conspicuous military
with returning delegates, and having L school-lo called in Orange, where
oneiopporiuniues, in conversation wnu tfc ciUz3Eg ct on , winter, evenings to
them and with men Irom lour slates
Ine to colh L'e. lje had joined to sect of servics was at ihe battle of Chicka-
the "Disciples' better known as
'Campbellitesj from their .founder,
Alexander Campbell. : This sect had a
numerous membership in Ohio, and all
the Garfield family were connected
who were present at, or interested as
Republicans in the results of, the Con
venlion, to learn with what tf aaperthe
nominations Ure received, is. 'ws ex-
tremeiy gratifying to find that the corn-
read and dicus the books which they turn his eves, to
possessed, add this younc Garfield at-
attended; picking up sucn information
as he could in the capacity of a listener.
Ail this limb he had never been taught
-1-
two years, be
Hiram, where
Latih and Uree
THE VETO OF THE aiAKSil VL4?'
The stinging words with, which the
President withholds his assent toUhe
Marshals' bill will command the respect
and-admiration of the country. We
published the bill in.full in our issue of
the 6th of June without any comment!
except that it ought to , be entitled,
"An Act to EncDurrge Fraud and In
timidation at, ih2 Tolls." To any one
who desires t3 read th el bill again we
refer to the number of the F06T abo ve
mentioned: i
The President informs Congress that
Sahara desert as much as it does these Aue pruk u.:uweu.ur
. . I struction ol the Constitution as lo the
powers of tee-national , g vernm?nt
OUlt CANDIDATE. whirh is in direct confli-t with the
We have been waiting to see the judgement of the highest judicial tri-
letter of the committee appointed to bunal of our country," and then says
notify Gen. -Garfield of his nomination that the present bill provides lor a set
and bia reply thereto, because, although o officials vhich have no responsibility
we nave me itepuoiican platlorm to any constitutional, head, ana wno
adopted by the Chicago Convention, it have no protection under constitutional
will be only fair and civil to wait until law. He further asserts that, "The so-
j thi "candidate himself speaks. , Th called deputy marshals provided for in
sitfiatibn of General Garfield is more this bill will" have no executive head,
peculiar than that of Hayes in 1876, no responsibility to any j j one. and no
though similariin the matter of not be- atttliority to call a jiosse comit it us to
ing a prominent candidate at the out- their aid if resisted. The are not pro-
cset. All the elements of the Uonven- tectjed by the criminal statutes in the
tion at this time were more fixed in performance of their duty ; they cannot
their opinions than in 1876, better dis- keep the peace or make arrests when
viplincd, less open to compromise, crimes are committed in theirepresence;
grant's strengtjb, Blaine's strength, and no Oaths of office are required of them ;
feher man's strength, stood out) well de- they give no bond aiui ihy are not
fined and apparent after a few ballots, punishable for neglect of duty or misr
and each teemed to grow more fixed conduct in office. I ji all these n jspecis
and inflexible sThe one or two rvotes this bill makes a rad li;.r;ge bf
which Gaifield was receiving was merely tween the powers of U Mj4 ?fni. -tb-
of the "Bark is is wiliine" order, but I cere at national elections nd iue ivom?
for a long time hardly a possibility, era uniformly possessed aud exercised
It was . not until John Sherman gave bv state officers at state elecEionk. This
the nod to hii faithful adherents that discfiminatiou against the authority of
Garfield had any showing at all. The the United States is a departure from
Grant men stood solid intrenched within the -usage of the Government, establish-
the fatal third term, and the Blaine ed; by precedents , beginning with the
men were full of bouyant expectancy, earliest statutes on the subject and vie
to read or write, and uo observer of this
mcnyerdict is one of approval afc the thoughtful iov jUtening to the read
selection of Garfield and Arthur. . of newpaper at the age ' of 10,
Ohio was overjoyed at Gen. Garfield's
nomination, and at Toledo and Cleve
land, where be had just been received
and feted with a degree of warmth and
ng oi s newspaper
conld by any posibility have foreseen
in Lim the future leader of a great na
tional party.
Keady money was a commodity of
cordiality ntver belore accorded to any I which the young farmer aud carpenter
man since Lincoln, the praises of the I saw but liijle, and as the aiuuitin to
leading candidate were! coupled with secure an education, which had betn
those of Gen. Arthur. ! ;. erowiue on him as his mino was opiu- every Sunday las a part of
- ! pd tr ihe pivpnta of tha worlil in thp. d
EverywhereJn Ohio, along the line k,Lfti nfv Kp ruA
"6" , -
of the Lake fchore aiid Michigan South- jjV me8n8 J
ern Railroad
started with a
about him!
the names oil the cand
nnoii' lv spfn.
tf money, he iatura!Iy enst
for -puie yopAtim which
ihe campaign has been
ujau.- uroiupuiuue aim , , . - ... .j, Th
unusual energy. Local newsrapers were 0hlo Q.in pas8ed withilJ a short dis-
tauee of the Gaifield farm, mid James
mauaa. Sent. 19 aud 20. 18Go. and for
his bravery and Generalship in that
engagement he was promoted to thet
rank of Major-Genera 1
At th.'s.point the military career of
'Eclectic Institute," in Gen. Garfield practicallv came to an
end. In 1862, whi.'e absent with the.
army, and without solicitation on his
part, he had been elected to Congress,
from the old Gmdings district (thifc l'Jth,)
in which be resided, and believing that
his path of usefulness lay in the direc
tion lo which his constituents pointed,
he resignJioT his commission Dec. 5,
1863, aud entered upon the duties of a
statesman's life, Iu, Congress he at
onco took a high rank, and. from his
admission to the House of Reprcsenta
.iyes tq the present tins he has been
an active, energetip, hard worker. He
first served on the Committee on Mili
tary Affairs, where, by, his activity, in
dustrv, and familiarity with the wants
the creed of the "Disciples," uuy per- of the army, he did as signal serv'ce as
he could have done in, the field. He
soon became "known as a poweriui
speaker, remarkably ready, and always
effective in debate, while iu the com-
utyJ.Presjdejit Gai field preached with mittees be proved himself.. an -invalii-;
great mm ce, a?iu lll' H'ne sjprea i . an aoie wcrKer. li is party reuomiuattd
through- the Uamp Deli lie set lenient, him by acclamation on the expiration
It was this Jact that gaye rise to tne of his term, and on, his return to the
story that be ?ai beO - a- rninjster, a House he Was giyen a leading place ou
with it. The
Hiram was theicolleare of this sect, and
it was natural that Mr. Garfield should
the smuggling little
e had left as a pupil but
ore. .lie returned to
je w'as rniiqe professor oi
k iu i iie institute, i-jain
Jiving and high thin king wa the order
of the day at the iostituit. The teach
ers were poor, thepupils we r ioor,and
the college was poor, but there was a
frreat deal of hard, faithful study done,
aud many amouious pians f r"ta.
Prof, Gai field,) after the first e;tr, was
made Preideht f the institution, and
in this capacity he not only taught and
lecturtl. but jpreached. According to
manufacturer of the district. I write
ths freely, that you may understand
how entirely without foundation the -
article is in the Uispateh. Very truly,
r m Irt t.
yours, ' . di A. UAU1;IJ!.L.U.
WHAT TuE IvCDELLlON COST
; " $6,790,792,509.
In response to the Senate resolution
of March Mr. Sherman, thc'S jcretary
of the Treasury, furnished to that body
an elaborate statement showing the
expenses of lhe Government "on ac
xotiut of the war of the rebellinfroni -
July 1, 1S61, to June 30, 1879, inclu
sive." The statemeat exhibits the grcs
expenditures, the ordinary expendi
tures, and -the expenditures grpwmg
out of tlewar in all the various,
branches ofUhe service either directly
of indirectljpafTectecl by the war. The
grod tctals are as follows ; . Gros3 ex
penditures, $6,796,792,509 ; ordinal y
expenditures, $609,519,124 ; expendi
llirea growing out ot the war, ""f 6,1 87,
243,833. "lake principal itims of lLe
son having the power, was entitled to
preach, and the Fresideiit ot the col-
Jeee was expected to deliver a sermon
his o racial
out with the names of, the candidates
at the heads oi their I editorial pages.
Ha tilv constructed banners 'bearing
the
dates were fre-
discovered that
paid in cash, stud made bttitr
canal-men were
wages
than he could realiza ly larmiug and
carpentering, n his jgeyeiiteetith year
story which hp lias .taken ccasiou to
denv I'ublitly op lieyeial tiLVaions.
With aii this work on his hand", IVesi
deut Gasfieidjcontinued to study law,
the pn f -sion which he had marked
out lor liimtelf, but which he has never
been called on to practice to any ex
tent. : . J . " '
In 1857, while Professor of Latin and
The Erie people expect great things
r. n. .1 J.:-- j cs n.-c.u 1 i
ii ir I , t i.i'sii. iir ki mill v-VHriiiiii ..
c ' I nt thp l)oati. His care a
is as well kndwn in Western Fennyl- tn-h. LLW, t,
he determined to beporae a canal-map, Greek al th'3. Eclectic Institute, Mr.
and securtd a icitun as driver of one Garfield was inarried to MissLucretia
vania as he is in Ohit, it is expected
tnat that pa
will vie with
rt of the 'Jveyg;one state
Ohio, in helping te "tow-
nd attention Rudolph, thej daughter of a farmer liv-
its lea4ng pdHigiittpe pa, Ways and
eans. . 1ere hs soon roije tq great iar
flueuce. He ctudied the whole range
of financial questions with the assiduity
of his college day?, so that ho is looked
upon to-day as one of the ablest of our.
national financiers., . He stood by his
party, and his party stood by him, re
electing him successively to theThirtyr
piritorUeIi,orty.4rst, orly.sec:
ond, Fortythird, Fortyfoatth, lrorty-
hlth, and orty-3ixth CongressVs. Dur
. j j 'u hng near Hiram, whose acquaintance ing these several terms be has served
UB1US vteu. he had made while studying at the as t
war expenses are tne louowjn ; lut.-;
ret on tno public debt. SI. 764.25G.I98 i
pay of two aud.tai'oe: years vo'.unteerf, '
$1,00,102,702; tubs-sience1 tlef
4 " Ol IT tZ tO . 1 1 U .'
Army, $315,543,880 ; Army trattsporta-
Ltuii, ipuuOj t Mjoou , jjuituasc ji nurse',
$126,672,423 other Q laitermaster
nomllf li rns I 1 ri rim nil - rnrnhora 1 :
CQ0,000; Arlny. pensions. $407,429,193
bounties, (including addi'ional boUL-
lies under the act ot I860,) $140,281,1 78
and, in round numbers, the following v
Ketanded tp ?tlM-;.pf war eirnep
4l,00p,000 ; purchase of artns tor vof
quteers and 'regulars, 176,006,60 ; ord
nance supplies, f(j,000,000 ; expenses ol
assessing aud collecting.'' iuternal '.rev'e.-
uue, iio,uoy,ouu ; expenses or national
loaus and currency, $31,523,000; prem
iums, $59 738,000. Tne war expendi-,
tures for the Navy . (including about"
$74,500,00.0 tbr iwy and M.QlKi'fCfc
Navy'' perfsio ns ' aggpegat " about. $412,--OQQ.UOO.
Among the other detailed
items of expenditures growing out of
the war are $5,213,031, for national
path-boy," the gallant Foldier, and the
Han to the chief magis-
When it became apparent that Sher
man's strength was likely to go' over to
Gaifield solid y it was notice to Blaine's
column-that-only it had the opportunity
to go the same way. Therefore the re
sult. , ' - - ; ' .
We are nol, in alluding to these facts,
intending to leave the inference that
the antecedent conditions of the Con
yentiap, are to color the canvass or af
fect the stalhs of the different wings
which existed .Inside the party, but
lafes the true principles of lhfi Consti
tution." . :'"- ' s '. ' ..
Thia fierce and unanswerable ar
raignment of this Democratic Congress,
i as if the cover were lifed off the
pot of an infamous conspiracy to der
throne the power of the federal govern
ment, bo that the people can look in
upon and get a clear viesr of the seeth
ing mass of treason to the government.
From this infamous scheme to atrip from
the government of the United States of
eminent civ
tracv.
- . . .
lie goes on to say that the joyous
congratulalloris at Buffalo, Erie, San
dusky, Onondaga, : Toledo and Utica
are general, and that Grant clubs are
turned into Garfield and Arthur club3.
Borne of Sherman's friends here
rWashingtoaJ think that Blaine could
have caused j the former's nomination
hud he been filling to give up his own
i':i'i:'s, ..MiHHy itigfTi. ThMp pjght
there was a iHuit.tiiv'ii here between
f aille and phtruiao in the presence of
a few nftujtlj friends, and both candi
dates gave tr aa 1 dptprmipation to
beat the third term, eyep )f pk?j a tp
sacrifice themselves.. As between Bher
man and fjarfield, Blaine was somewhat
indifferentJbjH from what can be learned
here, it appears that some of his friends
in the delgation telegraphed him that
an attempt to throw his strength for
Sherman might result in the nomiua
lion Grnp, Blaine says that this
was hk m M .aboye al thins he
desired to defeat the thjr erm candir
date, believing that Grant's nomination
would wreck the party. Still, there
are many; who' believe that had Blaine
taken JjoJJ with energy when his own
defeat seemed assured lie. could have
carried the nomination oTeroUa.'
A Vermont man's mother-in-law was
fcjljed by the cars, and he got $22,000
frorrf the railroad company. It never
:' l . i 'll'"- . -
raius uub ih Hiurs.
He contioued iu
what liu
about 18
when he
and ship
.this business, saving
purely of love, and Banking and Curreucy and'of ths 'Ap-
t the liusoand s prosperity, in propfpiticnsj fqmniittee. ;Ths last
been due to the quiet influence Cairma'nsriip he held uutil 1875, wlien
er. I wo
ill A c.h Airman nf I tin Pjfmmitioa -.-
attention tf his superiors, and he was academy, where she was a pupil. The Military Affairs, of" the Colnmittee- on
soon prom"tfd to the more dignified marriage was one
post of holding the tjllgr of ihe boat. "c
oi me wiie. xie uuivuascu nivie uui- ine democrats came into now
tage, lrbnting on the college campus, years later, when James G. Blaine went
ana mey cegau meir weuuea ine, popr, to tne Senate. Uen. Garfi?ld KppQm uv
and in debt, but with brave hearts, common consent the Republican IiIpt
itirs. vjuiueiu iuici, iuuuguiiui,auu in me JtlOUSe
rpfinpd wnman fund of rhrlinir unri I nmintn .rrA
however, an fttfftcof feyer sty, and of $ Wm heart. Tvvo years last he :wai elected to the Senate to li j
e of histamines he Could.' for
months; until the fall of 1848,
determined to advance a step.
as a sailor tn the lakes. ! At
this tirheJ
and auej
plans, and drove him back to 'his moth
er's bouse an
i .4 1 -
proea ine lurniug point in nis lile, slavery peopi
and as a result of it. James Ai Garfield, counties as their candidate for State
instead of burying hjrriself id! the fore- Senator. ; lie was . efectcd by a large
castle uf a .hip, btcae one'of the lead- t,e,?
. 1 . . ,, , - once took hih ra,n!i to the, Ohio liegis
ing men in the Attiencau Itepublic. , lature, as a man uousuuV.y well inform-
V Hp TPiVininrH nrnstrnf Pil inLiiia motVi I a A nn iliti snhitd .f tK.rictitirin ami I ..o..li.. i : j i- , , ,
I . . i r rr i "y -r-j- v y "B'"'muu.buu i uauan j. iai uc. auu Dis IorenPRfl rpmarif -
7 . 1. . L . I .. I . 11 1 tX . I I Ii .. r I . . - w.
ct S HHUqP jf niirv wivuius. ana uuring i euecuive anu powei iui iu oeoate. He L .ably high.
feamuel D. Bates who was teachinsr the
Wheri the secession of ihe southern usually wears a slouch hat, and always
clot hcrra n l I i- I orholrl'j rrn 1J ' ' i I1 i u . ' .
cemeteries, $8,540,185 for support pf
the National Home for Disabled T vV
of rorai lhealre, the so
dent Lincoln's Va$iutttia'
the p.UFchat
n ven-td his executing his after his marriage the politieaj life of the fjeatV Allen' G. Thurman who rJ
-e him back tolhis mbth- en- Uameid oegap. nis -ermons had tre or the 4th of next March, Ale re
invalid. This1! sickness aracieu auenuon o i urn, anu. m ceived the unanimoiis vote of the lie
nitiir noint in his life Wa3 br0Uht 1? by l autl" publican caucus for this position, jar
" , ,"1U'" tl? , slavery people oi lortage and oummit honor never conterrpd hpfn
an
honor never conferred before on any
man oy any party in the state -ot Ohio.
In appearance. Gen. Srfield iavery
cgmrotfuyinganairnpregiive. Hestauds
6 feet high, and k broad ghouldered
and strongly built.. His head is un-
d jstrjet school that wiu'er. jtBates had
peen attending tne v?eaiga eminary"
in ahaajoinirig county. kU conyer
sathn so; fired the ainb lion ! j of young
Garfield j which had almost pied away
under the influence of his Canal-boat
associates, that ho determined to j fbr
ake Ms idea ot becoming a Bailor, and
mike' adfa,ttewpt t0 seifire art edpation.
He had Managed wltlf 'tb aid of some
friends, jto learn to read, and, could do
some simple sums in arithmetic; ; and
-.'il. u:L i ij i r i .
ffivu turn Kuowieugu as a oasis ne start
ed, in March, 184, for Chester, where
the m&'tij 'tfastfilated. -He a ac
companied bY coisio 'ai'anrJther
young nian from his Tillage, and tbe
three took with them frying-pans and
J dishes, as they were too poor; to pay lor
,maiiy uu( ouwponeqi ana e ys
among the 1 fx?reinbst to maintain the
right of,' the, Natipnal Qovcrnoieot o
coerce seceded states. When the time
came for.appointing the officers for the
Ohio troops, the Legislature wa3 still
in jessjon, and Garfield at ouce avowed
hifintentioji "of pqterlng.the' seVvTcel
He had not resigned the presidency of
the Hiram Instiiistefpon beim; elected
to the Senate, but ifow he sen, in his
resignation,! and prepared to place
seFticp pf thp Actional U6vernment. "
Gen. Garfield's military career was
not of a nature to subject him to trials
on a large scale. ! 41e was appointed
dresses plainly. . He js temperate ia all
thjnga except biain;wort-, 'and " is - de
voted to hia wifeand vhUdrenjOf whom
be has five living, two having died ia
infancy. The two older boys, Harry
and James, are attenaing j school in
New Fampshire, while the two younger
jents. Hlnnly daqghter, Alary, 4 a
handsome, roiy-cheeked girl of about
12. Hla. raotner is still living,, and
forms one; of his family, Gsn. Gfarfield
has a house ia Washington, Where he
fPVliS Wftte, nd a fatm in Hen
tor, Iike couutyOhiowheie; he spends
all -hw time when "not engaged at! the
capital. His farm comprises 125 acres
of land, which ia highly cultivated,! and
' A Paris dispatch says: 'The lrelec
of rfpr r? rrs-if a i imjIttK l.c-ttt
lishaienti are situated were received I y!
the jilinister of the Interior for verbisl
insfretioqa respecting the.executipn jr
thef decrees against unauthorized re'J
gious societies. The Minister told f e
Prefects to make a clear distinction b -tweeh
Jesuit and other unauthwieqi
like others, to have themselves author
ized, but "are rdpred to dissolve. suU
on the CUth of June the Compauy f
Jesus must disappear aud evacuata :t
establishmetits it
teaching establishments, however, tbe
respite is prolonged till the 31st of Au
gust. The other unauthorized ciders,
will receive, before thn AOrh 'fnt Aftr.
Clal surrrmons to riprlnro wliorho'ti:! '
intend submitting to th deepe's 3ev".
eramefecta expressed the 'convicttbn
lew-of ihe orders would hand in their
statutes. The Minister 89.1(1 ha nra'a 'nf
the same ODinion. hut L Kniii tull
, , , "w uwisir Wlr j
WOU1Q ne PXP.Pntinne '? ... ti' -
The Baltimore' and' HHin Pail t...i.i
uompany have Ordered twenty sleeping
cars built, to be placed on their lines on
Oct. 1 next. The contract of this com,
tany with the Pullman Sleenlp-caV
company epnin2 vlh' that'dkte: th
Baltimore and Ohio WiH run Its own
sleepers. The'new care will in elegance
f-n? omIort comport with the estab
lished enterprise of the passenger de
partment of the Baltimore and OhioV